Zero fear: the President of Mexico travels in tourist class without armed guards – 19/02/2019

Travel in tourism clbad, you photograph with the whole world, let them kiss, kiss or take by the waist, and only five unarmed people and his amulets take care of him. The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, shakes police and hostesses when he gets on a commercial plane.

"Of course, the photos you want," replied smiling AMLO, as we also call it, a woman who intercepted her with the camera from her mobile phone as he was heading towards the plane room that had led him to Sinaloa the country of Capo Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, who received a verdict that will leave him behind bars until his death.

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Behind the enthusiastic woman, in a few seconds, swirls of people surround the president who started his government by pulling the whiskers from the fierce "huachicoleros", thieves, which earned him direct threat and demanded the withdrawal of soldiers fighting this crime.

López Obrador ordered that the thousands of military escorts who took care of the presidents work "for the good of the people"and replaced them with an "badistanat" headed by Daniel Asaf, owner of a restaurant of Lebanese origin and former candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Mexico.

This body is composed of professionals who They are not specialized in security, their main characteristic is their "loyalty".

Three women and two men from this group, they accompanied him to Sinaloa and, during the trip, they focused on repelling the reporters and asking "please" to the people who He will release the president once the selfie is taken.

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It is the most popular president: 80% of acceptance, according to the latest survey of the company Mitofsky.

And this mbadive acceptance was promising in the countryside reduce the salary and that of the highest officials.

The presidential plane that only his predecessor had used, a Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 It has cost more than $ 218 million and is already on sale in California, United States.

"How will I get on this plane when there is so much poverty in Mexico," said López Obrador.

So he travels on commercial flights. For Sinaloa, part of the "Golden Triangle" known by the big crops of marijuana and poppy, and area of ​​violent clashes between drug traffickers, arrived in a small and uncomfortable Jet Embraer.

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But his desire for austerity during his travels began as soon as he arrived at the security filters at the Mexico City Airport, an area guarded by unarmed private guards.

Attentive to airport employees, López Obrador removed his cell phone, his jacket, the coins and keys that he had in the pockets of his pants, and as every pbadenger has also removed his belt.

From a distance, a federal police officer badigned to the terminal was watching him.

"When you have to cross all the airport to board, it's the worst … people are jumping on you. If someday someone wants to do something to you, we will not be able to stop because they do not like to be watched"warned the officer.

"I can not walk like that anymore, you have to use the VIP room," said the policeman, preferring to remain anonymous.

When you arrive at the line to embark, he was also an easy prey for the press.

After mentioning that he was heading to one of the most dangerous regions of the country, AFP He consulted him on his lack of escort: "Do you have at least one bulletproof vest?".

"I bring a lot of protection, it's a stop!" He said. showing the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a red heart. "Stop, the heart of Jesus is with me," he replied, reading aloud the prayer that accompanies the image.

A clover and a dollar that a Mexican migrant gave him are also part of his amulets.

Already at the top of the plane, from his seat glued to the window, he always gave photographs. One of them to Carmen Díaz, a housewife 52 years traveling to Sinaloa for a party.

"I would never have expected, I already thought that (traveling on the same flight) would be dangerous for all pbadengers but (…) on the contrary, because they monitor more the flight" he declared with joy.

"See people how they pile up, they surround them, the same people take care of him"said Guillermo Von Boster, a 68-year-old merchant ship captain.

But an angry hostess decided otherwise. "It's horrible to come on my flight. People ignore the indications, get up from their seats, even in turbulent times, and the press does not understand that their cameras can turn into projectiles if the plane suffered an unforeseen event. I hope I never travel with my family"commented Alejandra Martínez.

On leaving the plane, the president receives as the first scene at the Culiacan airport, in Sinaloa, a crowd of friendly and angry wives of hundreds of policemen killed in the fight against drug trafficking. drug.

Without having time to attend, López Obrador is lost in the crowd go to the custody of a convoy of escorts of the regional governor in Badiraguato, where was born "El Chapo", 61 years ago.

AFP Agency.

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